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LA Philharmonic How a Little Los Angeles Orchestra Became a National Icon AFM LOCAL 47 Vol. 1 No. 4 April 2015 online LA Philharmonic How a little Los Angeles orchestra became a national icon On the Homefront STAR WARS Local 47 General Membership Meeting: April 27 John Williams brings ‘The Force Awakens’ Spring Membership Drive: Now–June 30 to Los Angeles DISCLAIMER Overture Online is optimized for viewing in its native App version as published in the Apple App Store & Google Play. This pdf version of Overture Online does not contain the live html links or other interactive elements as they appear in the App version, and serves to exist for archival reference only. A digital archive of Overture Online containing all interactive elements may be accessed at the following link: afm47.org/press/category/overture-online Publisher Editor AFM Local 47 Gary Lasley 817 Vine Street Hollywood, CA 90038-3779 Managing Editor / Ad Manager p 323.462.2161 Linda A. Rapka f 323.461.3090 www.afm47.org Lead Graphic Designer Nate Herrera Titled Officers Hearing Board President: John Acosta Alan Estes, Chuck Flores, Overture Online is the official electronic Vice President: Rick Baptist Jon Kurnick, Jeff Lass, monthly magazine of the American Federa- Secretary/Treasurer: Gary Lasley Norman Ludwin, Allen Savedoff, tion of Musicians Local 47, a labor union for Marc Sazer Trustees professional musicians located in Holly- Judy Chilnick, Dylan Hart, Hearing Representative wood. Bonnie Janofsky Vivian Wolf Directors Salary Review Board Formed by and for Los Angeles musicians Pam Gates, John Lofton, Rick Baptist, Stephen Green, over a century ago, Local 47 promotes and Andy Malloy, Phil O’Connor, Bill Norman Ludwin, Marie Matson, Paul Sternhagen protects the concerns of musicians in all Reichenbach, Vivian Wolf areas of the music business. Our jurisdic- Delegates to AFM Convention Fair Employment Practices tion includes all counties of Los Angeles John Acosta, Rick Baptist, Committee Pam Gates, Bonnie Janofsky, Ray Brown, Beverly Dahlke-Smith (except the Long Beach area). With more Gary Lasley, Norman Ludwin than 7,000 members, Local 47 negotiates Grievance Committee 1st Alternate Delegate Ray Brown, Lesa Terry with employers to establish fair wages Phil O’Connor and working conditions for our members. Legislative Committee Local 47 officers and staff enforce union 2nd Alternate Delegate Kenny Dennis, Greg Goodall, Dan Vivian Wolf Greco, Lisa Haley, Ken Munday, contracts, assuring professional standards Stephanie O’Keefe, Jason Poss and treatment for our musicians. Officers Emertius President Emeritus Hal Espinosa Orientation Committee President Emeritus Max Herman John Acosta, Rick Baptist, Local 47 is affiliated with the American Fed- Secretary/Treasurer Emerita Gary Lasley eration of Musicians of the United States Serena Kay Williams Relief Committee and Canada, the largest organization in the Election Board Gary Lasley, Jack Redman, Ed world representing the interests of profes- Brian O’Connor, Bevan Manson, Vodicka, Vivian Wolf Marie Matson, Paul Sternhagen, sional musicians, which encompasses 424 Mark Zimoski Wage Scale Committee Locals and represents 85,000 musicians Rick Baptist, Judy Chilnick, Greg Huckins, Bonnie Janofsky, Phil O’Connor, Rob Schaer Advertisement Contents Overture Online / Vol. 1 No. 4 / April 2015 / afm47.org Cover Story Columns ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ to Score in LA LA Philharmonic How a little Los Angeles orchestra rose to become a national icon In a reversal of the current tide of runaway production facing our scoring community, music for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” moves from London to the U.S. Officer Reports EMD Report Above photo: Vern Evans At the Local Front cover photo: Linda A. Rapka On the Town Features Final Notes Yes on Good News for Recording Musicians Open Mic AB AB 1199 on the road to improving the state’s film/TV tax credit program relating 1199 to music scoring Labor News Happy Birthday to Us! Referral Service As Local 47 turns 118 this year, here’s a look back at the humble beginnings of the musicians union of Los Angeles Health & Welfare Take Me Out to the Ballgame Bulletin Board Dodger organist Nancy Bea Hefley talks about her three decades with L.A.’s Boys in Blue Auditions Local 47 Referral Service is Now: GIG JUNCTION Classifieds Our Referral Service is excited to announce a brand new name, and a new look to match! Advertise President John Acosta I hope this message finds you well and in good spirits! As you read these words you should have in your hands the first glossy Overture magazine since the 1950s. All of us here at Local 47 are extremely overjoyed by this change and we hope that you will be as well. Big props to our Secretary/Treasurer Gary Lasley and Communica- tions Director Linda Rapka for their hard work shepherding this transformation. I also am pleased to announce that our monthly electronic Overture Online has now officially launched in the Apple Store and Google Play (for Android). The effort to go modern has been herculean and it would not have happened without Gary and Linda, along with their support staff. And how better than to celebrate this historic change in Overture’s history than by honoring the men and women in the Los An- geles Philharmonic – one of the great American orchestras! Also on the big-news front this month: Local 47 turns 118 years old! From our very early years when we first chartered with 17 musicians working in Vaudeville, to today where, with over 7,000 members, we represent musicians in all facets of the industry creating music that plays around the globe, Happy Birthday Local 47 and may there be many more! Musicians Stand Up! I am extremely pleased to announce the introduction of AB 1199 in the CA legisla- ture, a bill designed to improve how the tax credit regime currently in play affects music scoring. This is a major first step to create a tax credit program that really works to bring musician jobs back to the state. While this is good news, it is only round one in a fight to save our industry. Now is the time for our leadership, mem- bers and community to stand up and begin to create meaningful change for CA musicians. Local 47 along with Local 6 San Francisco have begun the preliminary organizing necessary, but we need every AFM member in CA to “Stand Up” and get involved by joining us at events, on a delegation to speak with legislators, signing a petition or simply sending a letter to your elected representative. If we mobilize as a union we will be a force to reckon with. I urge you all to get active, get involved and stand up! Sign up for email action alerts at afm47.org/organizing.html. Fraternally yours, John Acosta Vice President Rick Baptist Memories of the Overture I hope all of you are happy and as thrilled as I am with the new format of this Over- ture. Kudos to editor Gary Lasley and longtime managing editor Linda Rapka for all of their hours and days of hard work to put together the new Overture Magazine. Bravo, you are amazing!! When I joined Local 47 in 1979, I remember thinking I can hardly wait to have my picture in the Overture. I remember one of the first times was a report on the Os- car Orchestra with photos with Bill Conti as the conductor. I believe it was the 53rd Annual Academy Awards. One of my true heroes in Los Angeles was the great first trumpeter John Audino. John (“The Imp” as we called him) said he could hardly wait for the Overture ev- ery month. When I asked why, he said the first thing he did was look at the column “Notes From Tony.” Tony Horowitz would use at least one big observation he got out of Readers Digest and used it throughout his article. He said he would always crack up at that. Then he would go to the back of the Overture and look at change of addresses. Again, I questioned him on that, and he said, “You can find out a lot about what is happening in town just from the address changes.” Any wonder why we called him The Imp. My other true hero was Warren Luening. Warren was my mentor and guru of stu- dio playing. He once said to me, and I quote, “I never want to see your name listed in the Unpaid Work Dues column. It shows no class or appreciation to our union for all the work that you do. Pay your dues.” I am proud to say my name has never been listed. I would like to speak briefly about my Motion Picture/TV Employment Task Force. The eight musicians plus President John Acosta, myself, EMD Administrator Gor- don Grayson, and Commissioner Jimmy Valentine with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) have and will continue to meet and put in the countless hours needed to bring to our colleagues viable options for creating and implement- ing new contracts for our fellow members. We hope that the Federation and the IEB enact those new ideas to not only help our town but to save our industry na- tionwide. Please hang in there with us on these matters. The Task Force is up to the challenge. Secretary/Treasurer Gary Lasley Welcome to the new Overture magazine! Going forward we will still report all im- portant member information, union business and official notices in the quarterly print edition. In addition a monthly edition will be published online, and I’m excit- ed to announce the launch of the Overture app. If you own an Android phone or tablet, you can go to Google Play and download the app.
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